Olivia Munn had more lines than ever on the last episode of The Newsroom. Previously, I was floored that her character, Sloan Sabbith, has a PhD from Duke and is an adjunct professor at Columbia. That’s pretty unbelievable. This week it was revealed that her character has two PhDs. Wow. I know she’s acting and I realize this is fiction, but this has crossed the line from “pretty unbelievable” to “are you frickin’ kidding me?!?”. Believing a woman portrayed by Olivia Munn has two PhDs is akin to actually believing you can get super powers from radioactive spiders.
On the slightly more serious side, the Sloan Sabbith character actually developed this week. She’s supposed to be “the smartest person on the show”, but she lacks social skills and understanding. Normally, I would find this irresistibly charming, but the characterization underscores what a poor choice Munn was for this role. While there are many things wrong with Olivia Munn, she’s certainly charming and gregarious. She just doesn’t work as a socially awkward economics nerd, don’t you agree?
Yeah i totally agree. I tend to change the channel when i see her on the screen. Im loving everyone else on the show, especially kim pine…. I mean allison pill.
I keep thinking of her as Kim Pine too. I'm pretty sure that's who she'll be in my head forever…kind of like how I always call Bill Pullman "Lonestar" and Lou Diamond Phillips "La Bamba".
What, Bill Pulman's run on Torchwood wasn't memorable enough for you?
Yeah….me either.
Wow! Lou Diamond as La Bamba only? No Chavez Chavez?Sent from my iPhone
Yeah, I always think of him as Cisco from The Big Hit.
I never saw the big hit. Any good?
Hilarious. I mean, it can't be taken seriously, at all, as "good movie." But it's a laugh a minute.
He'll always be La Bamba to me…and the man that drove Melissa Etheridge to become a lesbian.
Melissa Etheridge?! Never wouldve pegged her as ur type.
She's not at all. He must feel like a goof for driving her to the other side.
Takedown piece?
It was a sure thing
I love this show.
Her character must have some larger role later on. So far she seems out of place. I don't mind her on the show so far. It would be nice if she got naked…since it's HBO…but so far she hasn't had so much screen time that it makes you cringe. Yet.
I agree with this.
My issues with her on AoTS was that she was way too hammy and I never thought she was CRAZY hot. Now, I never met her or anything, so I strictly have the viewpoint from an observer.
As for her role, she seems to be a pundit. Like, the channel's goto economics person. Sort of like a less annoying Jim Cramer.
She is topless in Magic Mike (so I heard)
I thought everyone was topless in that movie. That being said, Anne Hathaway was topless in Brokeback Mountain, and that wasn't enough to get me to watch it either.
This ain't my kind of show but I heard it wasn't that good.
I need to watch this show.
(and by "this show" I mean "that picture you have posted")
-M
Wow, I guess I don’t get it. I love her character on the show. I like the uniqueness.
That’s completely understandable. She’s been fun in two out of the last three episodes. Still….